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J. P. BUTLER & U. MQOLINOHIE. CANOPY SUPPORT FOR GHILDRENS' GARRIAG'ES.

No. 275,582. Patented Apr. 10,1883.

Inn/anions,

UNITE STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JAY F. BUTLER, OF BROOKLYN, AND URIAH MGCLINCHIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANOPY-SUPPORT FOR CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,582, dated April 10, 1883.

Application filed January 16, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAY F. BUTLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brookl v.n, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, and URIAH MOCLINOHIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clamps for Supporting Canopies of Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to clamps forsupporting canopies for childrens carriages; and it consists in a pivotally-adjustable clamp attached t0 the supporting-staff, said clamp having an eye to admit the ball upon the stafi end of the canopy, with an embracing device pivoted to said clamp and adapted to clasp the neck of the canopy-staff below the ball, and thereby hold the canopy in place, said canopy being attachable to and detachable from the clamp without removing the latter from the supporting-staii.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan view, showing the clamp attached to the supporting-staff, the enlarged end of the canopytop stick being shown in broken lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3is an end elevation, taken from the rear, showing the method of attaching and detaching the clamp. Fig. 4is plan view, showing a preferred form of the device illustrated in Fig. 1, the locking device.

being shown in engagement with the canopystaff by full lines and thrown back out of engagement by broken lines.

A in said drawings indicates that portion of the clamp which is attached to the supportingstafl' ofthe carriage. It consists of a single strip of metal bent into the enlarged circular portion 12, which is of sufficient size to permit the passage of the ball upon the canopy-staff, from which points the ends A A of the strip extend in substantial parallelism a suitable distance, and are provided with a bolt, B, passing through perforations in their extremities. This bolt has a thumb-nut, C, by which the clamp may be attached to a tongue formed upon the supporting-staff in the manner described in Letters Patent No. 260,530, granted to us the 4th day of July, 1882. v

D indicates the canopy-staff holder, consisting of two elastic leaves, E E, which are pivoted at one end upon the bolt B, and extend thence forward between the leaves A A of the clamp A. These elastic pieces are united by a rivet, a, placed a short distance in ad-' vance of the bolt B, and from this point they slightly diverge until they enter the eye or enlarged circular portion b. The leaves E E are then bent into a form approaching each a semicircle concentric with the enlarged circular space I), but having a smaller diameter of such dimension as to embrace the neck of the canopy-staff beneath the ball. From this point the ends 6 e of the leaves E E are carried forward a short distance beyond the limits of the enlarged circular portion b. In the loweredge of the circular portion 1), and directly above the ends e e of the canopy-clamp, is formed an open slot, d, Fig.- 3, adapted to receive and confine the saidprojecting ends of the leaves E E. These leaves are so constructed as to spring apart a short distance when released from said slot, and thereby permit their withdrawal from engagement with the neck of the canopy-staff.

The engagement and disengagement of the clamp is effected in the following manner: After slightly loosening the thumb-nut C the part A is thrown upward, turning upon the pivot-bolt B in the manner shown in Fig. 2, thereby releasing the ends 0 c of thecanopyclamp D from their engagement with the slot d in the part A. As soon as the latter clears the top of the ball on the canopy-staff the neck of the latter may be released by simply drawing it out between the separated ends 60 of the clamp D. The adjustment of the canopy is effected by a. reversal of this operation, the neck of the stafi being pushed between the open ends 0 6 until it enters the circular space e. The part A is then turned down over the ball F upon the end of the CELIlOl'lY-Sllflff, and the ends a e of the clamp D are then pressed together and pushed into the slot d, where they are retained by the elasticity of the leaves E E, which cause the ends a e to press against the edges of the slot d and create suflicient friction to retain them in the slot.

Instead of the construction described,we prefer the form of clamp shown in Fig. 4. Inthis form, instead of the two-leaved clamp above described,we construct the device in the following manner: A indicates the clamp,which is fastened to the supportingstaflin the same manner substantially as that already described in connection with the clamp A. Bis the enlarged circular portion, of such size as to permit the passage otthe ball on the canopy-staff, andopeningoutofthis circular spaceisathroat, C, of such size as to receive the neck of the canopystaft beneath the ball. Dindicates the locking device, which consists of a yoke having its enilsjournaled or pivoted in the leaves of the clamp Aand adapted to turn freely into either of two positions shown in solid and broken lines, Fig. 1-. ltecessesff' are formed in the upper edges of the metal forming the throat, to receive the transverse bar (I of the locking-yoke 1). This bar is slightly curved backward, so as to form, in connection with the closed end. of the threat 0, an approximatelycircular space. The lateral bars ofthe yoke 1) are formed with two parallel or even slightlyconverging portions, i i,whieh bear against the outer surfaces of the metal leaves forming the open end of the throat C, thereby giving snflicient friction to hold the yoke in position. Even, however, should this feature be omitted the ball upon the end of the canopy-staff will prevent the opening of the yoke, and thereby retain the neck of said staff in place.

By the construction thus shown and described we provide a simple, etlicient, and in expensivelocking-clamp or support for the canopy of childrens carriages by which the eanopy may be easily and quickly attached and detached and held with perfect security in any position in which the support is placed by turning the lockingpiece up and down upon its attaching-bolt B or upon itspivoted bearings in. the supporting-piece. The latter form of construction is preferred, as shown in Fig. 4, as being the most simple, the cheapest, and at the same time equally effective with the device shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is-- 1. A canopy-supportiorchildrens carriages,

consisting ot" a supporting-piece adapted to be attached to the carriage-staff and a swinging clamp or look engaging with said supportingpiece and holding the neck of the canopy-staff, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the supporting piece having an enlarged portion through which the ball on the canopystal't' may pass, of a clamp or look pivoted upon the supporting-piece and adapted to engage with the neck of the canOpystaIf, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the supportingpiece provided with a contracted forwardly-e tending space of such size as to permit the entrance of the neck oftlrceanopystafi', ofa locking-piece pivoted upon said support and adapted to close the open end thereof to lock the canopy in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAY F. BUTLER.

, URIAH MCOLINUHIE.

\Yitnesses: 7

CLARENCE B. ENsLEY, J. A. RUTHERFORD. 

